Level and volume of neonatal intensive care and mortality in very-low-birth-weight infants

A study to examine differences in neonatal mortality among infants with very low birth weight among neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) with various levels of care and different volumes of very-low-birth-weight infants was conducted. The results show that mortality among very-low-birth-weight infants was lowest for deliveries in hospitals with NICUs that had high level of care and high volume of such patients.